Shloka 116

आचारप्रशंसा

Praise of Ācāra as the Basis of Longevity, Fame, and Prosperity

Devanagari script

वैद्यानां बालवृद्धानां भृत्यानां च युधिष्ठिर । बन्धूनां ब्राह्मणानां च तथा शारणिकस्य च

Transliteration

vaidyānāṁ bālavṛddhānāṁ bhṛtyānāṁ ca yudhiṣṭhira | bandhūnāṁ brāhmaṇānāṁ ca tathā śāraṇikasya ca ||

Translation

भीष्म म्हणाले— हे युधिष्ठिर! वैद्य, बालक व वृद्ध, भृत्य-सेवक, आप्तबंधू, ब्राह्मण तसेच शरणागत यांना यथोचित काळजी व आधार द्यावा.

Word by Word

• वैद्यानाम्: of physicians
• वैद्यानाम्: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैद्य
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• बालवृद्धानाम्: of children and the aged
• बालवृद्धानाम्: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बालवृद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• भृत्यानाम्: of servants/dependents
• भृत्यानाम्: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृत्य
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• युधिष्ठिर: O Yudhiṣṭhira
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• बन्धूनाम्: of kinsmen/relatives
• बन्धूनाम्: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बन्धु
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• ब्राह्मणानाम्: of Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणानाम्: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• तथा: likewise/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• शारणिकस्य: of the Śāraṇika (a person so named / one belonging to the Śāraṇika group)
• शारणिकस्य: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शारणिक
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• physicians (vaidya)
• children (bāla)
• the elderly (vṛddha)
• dependents/servants (bhṛtya)
• kinsmen (bandhu)
• Brāhmaṇas
• refuge-seeker/protected person (śāraṇika)